An introduction to English church architecture from the eleventh to the sixteenth century (1913)
Bond, Francis, d. 1918 · London, New York, [etc] H. Milford, Oxford University Press · leaf 77
also in Worcester cathedral and elsewhere the stalls have been moved into the chancel, destroying the noble effect of the originally spacious presbytery. The reason alleged for the alterations was that the cathedral was made better fitted for congregational worship. The very reverse is the case :… … St. Albans : Rood Screen benches into the sanctuary — a practice as irreverent as it is ruinous of architectural effect : even when this is done, there is room for only a limited congregation. In such a church, if it is desired to have services for large congregations, the remedy is to erect a…
Church architecture · Cathedrals
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